169
169
Feb 23, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 0
in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is the one that will get rid of this regime. we have started this revolution and we started our strike. we do not fear them. >> sreenivasan: one opposition leader mohammed el-baradei said holding elections amid the current upheaval is a recipe for disaster. his group threatened a boycott of any vote unless morsi first agrees to political talks. the states of texas and georgia executed two men last night, by lethal injection. carl blue was put to death in texas for dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire in 1994. she died later. and in georgia, andrew allen cook was executed for kil
in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is...
163
163
Feb 23, 2013
02/13
by
KRCB
tv
eye 163
favorite 0
quote 0
public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we talk to charlayne hunter gault about how his arrest has focused attention on the unusually high rate of violence against women in south africa. >> domestic violence is shot through the entire society from the highest of the highed in socioeconomic terms to the lowest of the low. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing supp
public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we...
67
67
Feb 19, 2013
02/13
by
WUSA
tv
eye 67
favorite 0
quote 0
huge apartment building that sits in the middle of the city's thriving adam's mortgage neighborhood. >> 35 years. >> okay. this year his rent cannot be raised by more than roughly 4%. that is a consumer price index, plus another 2%. but once the units are vacant, the rent controls are lifted. >> how much do you pay in rent? >> i pay close to $800. >> should you vacate, the landlord could charge what for the same place? >> they start at 3,163. >> he lives in columbia plaza in foggy bottom where george washington university students and long-time tenants buy for rent control apartments. >> around $2400. >> one bedroom? >> yup. >> rent control is not in danger of disappearing. but the rent control units is on a decline. >> this is 14th street in northwest washington and some of us have been here long enough to remember when homeowners and renters had to share this space with prostitutes and drug addicts. a one bedroom apartment could cost you $2 to $6,000 rent per month. >> none of the construction workers could consider a move here. the new units are not under rent control. >> prices a
huge apartment building that sits in the middle of the city's thriving adam's mortgage neighborhood. >> 35 years. >> okay. this year his rent cannot be raised by more than roughly 4%. that is a consumer price index, plus another 2%. but once the units are vacant, the rent controls are lifted. >> how much do you pay in rent? >> i pay close to $800. >> should you vacate, the landlord could charge what for the same place? >> they start at 3,163. >> he...
103
103
Feb 25, 2013
02/13
by
WUSA
tv
eye 103
favorite 0
quote 0
of the city's alcohol industry. >>> pope benedict is changing church law before he steps down. in this revision means that cardinals will not have to wait 15 days. the vatican wants the conclave to select a new pope in time for easter week. keith o'brian will no longer be part of the conclave. he stepped down after ackizations that he behaved inappropriately with other priests 30 years ago. >>> tonight, a local elderly couple are dead and officers are searching for a man they want to question. a man with a violent past. dead are 80-year-old nelson slack and his wife. they found their bodies yesterday in the home in plains, that part of fauquier county. >> at this point, the autopsies are underway. all i can tell you is there appears to be trauma to their upper body. >> it's shocking. never known something like that to happen around here. >> they will be missed and we're still trying to get to the bottom of what really happened. >> now wanted for questioning, 60-year-old john wesley jeffries. officers consider him armed and dangerous. he has been wanted for recent felonies in sp
of the city's alcohol industry. >>> pope benedict is changing church law before he steps down. in this revision means that cardinals will not have to wait 15 days. the vatican wants the conclave to select a new pope in time for easter week. keith o'brian will no longer be part of the conclave. he stepped down after ackizations that he behaved inappropriately with other priests 30 years ago. >>> tonight, a local elderly couple are dead and officers are searching for a man they...
82
82
Feb 18, 2013
02/13
by
WUSA
tv
eye 82
favorite 0
quote 0
tonight at 11:00 we'll show you more video proof and why uber has now dismissed two drivers and why the city has detailed undercover agents to follow me and my team as we continue our undercover investigation into d.c. taxis. >> this thing just keeps growing russ. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up at 7:00 on wusa9 if the white house and congress can't make a deal to avoid sequestration, you are the ones who will feel the big impact. montgomery county executive ike leggette will be in studio to -- leggett will be in studio to talk about what he wants to do about testimony. >>> we'll tell you what's in the future for hillary clinton coming up. >> and how far would you go to quiet down a screaming child on your flight? up next we'll tell you what one man did that caused him to lose his job. you're watching wusa9. >>> so what would you do to quiet down a crying child on board your flight? well, the parents of this 19- month-old boy say the passenger sitting next to them used a racial slur when asking them to quiet him down as their flight landed in atlanta. then joe hundley alle
tonight at 11:00 we'll show you more video proof and why uber has now dismissed two drivers and why the city has detailed undercover agents to follow me and my team as we continue our undercover investigation into d.c. taxis. >> this thing just keeps growing russ. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up at 7:00 on wusa9 if the white house and congress can't make a deal to avoid sequestration, you are the ones who will feel the big impact. montgomery county executive ike...
99
99
Feb 6, 2013
02/13
by
WMPT
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
by the city on the carry forward basis. in 10 years the city will be $745 million in the whole. add to that an additional $1.30 billion for failing infrastructure as well as health-care and pension benefits for retirees and you are talking more than $2 billion in the hole. >> i believe this report is a week of call to the city saying we need to get the finances in order. our expenses are somewhat less than our revenue. >> a towson university economist said the numbers are concerning especially because the city cannot tax its way out without losing more residents and businesses. the report points out baltimore's property tax and income tax rates are the highest in the state. unfortunately, pension reform is the big elephant in the room, the economist said and the mayor has a terribly hard job ahead of her. >> the mayor will have to make cuts in decisions that will prove to be unpopular in the short run. >> while the mayor did not offer specific details, she did highlight four key themes for cuts including identifying strateg
by the city on the carry forward basis. in 10 years the city will be $745 million in the whole. add to that an additional $1.30 billion for failing infrastructure as well as health-care and pension benefits for retirees and you are talking more than $2 billion in the hole. >> i believe this report is a week of call to the city saying we need to get the finances in order. our expenses are somewhat less than our revenue. >> a towson university economist said the numbers are concerning...
164
164
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 164
favorite 0
quote 0
they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said today they are not ready to rule that lithium ion batteries used in boeing's 787 dreamliners are inherently unsafe for aviation. instead, the national transportation safety board said manufacturers need to build in better safeguards. at the same time, the board said investigators are still weeks away from determining what caused a battery fire on a japan airlines dreamliner in boston. in the meantime, all 50 of the planes in service, remain grounded. budget battle cries echoed up and down pennsylvania avenue in washington today. president obama called yesterday for a small package of tax hi
they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said...
159
159
Feb 19, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 159
favorite 0
quote 0
it happen at the los angeles city council level. you're seeing it expand rapidly. very similar to what happened with south africa as well. >> ifill: jesse jackson's congressional seat in chicago has become ground zero for lots of reasons but in this particular case when it comes to gun violence, how much is this bloomberg money, mayor mike bloomberg's pac having on this race. >> a billionaire is willing to spend here. he spend $5 million in a democratic contest in california in the fall last year and was able to oust an incumbent, congressman joe bacca and bring in a newcomer to this race. that's similar to what he's trying to do here. he's running against a former member of congress in that ad that we saw in that set-up there. he's saying i can spend my money here. i can really effect change in little ways. that's where he wants to make the difference. >> ifill: you look at this and what's happening in philadelph philadelphia. not arkansas. but you see what's happening in colorado. all these different placeses. you wonder to yourse
it happen at the los angeles city council level. you're seeing it expand rapidly. very similar to what happened with south africa as well. >> ifill: jesse jackson's congressional seat in chicago has become ground zero for lots of reasons but in this particular case when it comes to gun violence, how much is this bloomberg money, mayor mike bloomberg's pac having on this race. >> a billionaire is willing to spend here. he spend $5 million in a democratic contest in california in the...
148
148
Feb 21, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
what is the state of play between the rebels and the government right now in the city? >> well, yes, as you say, this is the third day we've seen bombings and mortars and targets inside the syrian capital. now i do know the syrian rebels have been trying to push in the past month but they remain severely outgunned by the syrian regime and what these mortar attacks and bombings suggest the that instead of immediate response the rebel forces are resorting more to attrition and loosening the government's grip on the capital. the attacks in the last few days have certainly shattered the sense of normalcy that the syrian regime has tried to maintain in damascus. >> warner: do the rebels control some parts of the city and if so which parts? >> the rebels control parts of the southern and eastern parts of the damascus. in the past month we've seen rebels try to push their way forward into damascus from the northeast and, in fact, they have seized several army checkpoints on the highway linking the capital with northern syria. but those advances have largely been reversed now a
what is the state of play between the rebels and the government right now in the city? >> well, yes, as you say, this is the third day we've seen bombings and mortars and targets inside the syrian capital. now i do know the syrian rebels have been trying to push in the past month but they remain severely outgunned by the syrian regime and what these mortar attacks and bombings suggest the that instead of immediate response the rebel forces are resorting more to attrition and loosening the...
169
169
Feb 2, 2013
02/13
by
WETA
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 0
that crippled the city. still, as homelessness and aids soared in the '80s, his response was criticized. and the city was roiled by racial tensions amid the beating deaths of two black teenagers at the hands of white gangs. during the 1988 presidential campaign, koch ignited controversy saying jews "would be crazy" to vote for jesse jackson. but koch told the "macneil- lehrer newshour's" charlayne hunter gault jackson was provoking people. >> i've been the mayor here for 11 years. for ten years, prior to this particular period, we've had no difficulty in this city as it relates to civil disturbance. what he is in fact conjuring up is that the summer that he came here, there might be civil disturbance. that's what he's saying-- fire in the theatre. i don't think that's very nice of him to do. >> sreenivasan: koch left office in 1989 after losing the democratic primary to david dinkins. current new york mayor michael bloomberg reflected on koch's legacy today. >> and when we mourn his passing, ed really-- we a
that crippled the city. still, as homelessness and aids soared in the '80s, his response was criticized. and the city was roiled by racial tensions amid the beating deaths of two black teenagers at the hands of white gangs. during the 1988 presidential campaign, koch ignited controversy saying jews "would be crazy" to vote for jesse jackson. but koch told the "macneil- lehrer newshour's" charlayne hunter gault jackson was provoking people. >> i've been the mayor here...
176
176
Feb 26, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
tragedy in the sky, a hot air balloon carrying tourists over the ancient city of luxor catches fire and crashes. 19 are killed. president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and elsewhere around the globe. viewing injuns egypt -- viewing egypt's henchen sites from hot air balloon has long been a tourist attraction, but to date a tragedy. 19 people on board were killed near luxor.
tragedy in the sky, a hot air balloon carrying tourists over the ancient city of luxor catches fire and crashes. 19 are killed. president obama explains those spending cuts to enable workers in virginia. it seems they are not impressed. >> it will affect a lot of people, and not just shipyard people. it will trickle down. >> and the emblem of afghanistan's hidden women is going out of style and sales in the capital are falling. welcome to our viewers on public television in america,...
128
128
Feb 28, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
hills south of the city where in just a few minutes he will take leave of his office. >> brown: a short time ago i talked to john allen near st. peter's square. he's an analyst for cnn and a correspondent for the "national catholic reporter." so,, as we watch the pope fly away today, is his future role as emeritus pope clear? it's a new position, after all. >> it is. what benedict the 16th has told us is he is going to be hidden from the world which means he's not going to be, at least publicly, hearing him, secretary-general him. he's not going to hit the lecture circuit or give interviews. we assume he will see people in private but the vatican won't issue news bulletins about those encounters so for all intense and purposes he's had his swan song on the public stage. that much is clear. what is less clear are two points: one, if he is going to continue to have any sort of behind-the-scenes role of the next pope. whether the next pope will seek his counsel. whether there will be conversation. and secondly how the role of a retired pope will play out in front of the broader court of op
hills south of the city where in just a few minutes he will take leave of his office. >> brown: a short time ago i talked to john allen near st. peter's square. he's an analyst for cnn and a correspondent for the "national catholic reporter." so,, as we watch the pope fly away today, is his future role as emeritus pope clear? it's a new position, after all. >> it is. what benedict the 16th has told us is he is going to be hidden from the world which means he's not going to...
233
233
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 233
favorite 0
quote 0
the author is jeane theoharis, a professor of political science at brooklyn college of the city university of new york. the word "rebellion" doesn't usually appear in what we think about rosa parks. >> right. and that's her word. she talks about having a life history of being rebellious, which is where the title comes from. and i think it gets at both the scope of her political life and then, right, the kind of character that we have come to sort of miss when we see just rosa parks on that one day. >> ifill: i know elementary school i was taught that she was a tired seem stress, her feet were tired, she sat down on the bus and didn't want to get up. later on the rumor was that she was an n.a.a.c.p. plant sent in to stir up trouble, but she was neither of these. >> no, she was neither of these and she would be the first to correct us if we were the first to say she was tired. because in her autobiography she says "the only tired i was was tired of giving in." she wasn't tired. this comes out of a long history of activism, this was not her first act against segregation and she very much sees
the author is jeane theoharis, a professor of political science at brooklyn college of the city university of new york. the word "rebellion" doesn't usually appear in what we think about rosa parks. >> right. and that's her word. she talks about having a life history of being rebellious, which is where the title comes from. and i think it gets at both the scope of her political life and then, right, the kind of character that we have come to sort of miss when we see just rosa...
161
161
Feb 26, 2013
02/13
by
WMPT
tv
eye 161
favorite 0
quote 0
a hot air balloon carrying tourists caught fire over the ancient city of luxor and crashed in a field. the dead were from europe and asia. in addition, the egyptian pilot and one british man were hospitalized with burns. italy's politicians searched for a way forward today after an election that left a political stalemate. that, in turn, generated new fears of economic fallout. we have a report from jonathan rugman of independent television news. >> reporter: the news from rome has sent shock waves across europe. a rebellion against austerity, a rebellion, too, against their fossilized politicians. this man has upturned the old order. a comedian, with a 20-hour working week, tax cuts and a referendum on the euro. the clown turned potential king maker here. this taxi driver backed him. it was a protest vote, he told me. he might be a comedian but he can't be worse than what we've got. the extraordinary success of his grass roots movement has taken italy by complete surprise. if you're looking for a party headquarters for him here in rome you won't find one. all there is this room in th
a hot air balloon carrying tourists caught fire over the ancient city of luxor and crashed in a field. the dead were from europe and asia. in addition, the egyptian pilot and one british man were hospitalized with burns. italy's politicians searched for a way forward today after an election that left a political stalemate. that, in turn, generated new fears of economic fallout. we have a report from jonathan rugman of independent television news. >> reporter: the news from rome has sent...
146
146
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
said the city had marshaled an army of plows and salt trucks. >> the sanitation department will deploy something like 1,700 snowplows and 65 front-end loaders. it also has 450 salt-spreaders already deployed. >> brown: the storm also focused new concern on the new york and new jersey shore areas still recovering from hurricane sandy. they faced the prospect of being flooded again. >> we are trying to batten down the hatches here, if any storms are coming. the last one ruined us totally. >> brown: and long before the worst hit, air travel was in a shambles. well over 4,000 flights were canceled through saturday, sending ripple effects across the country. the snow also halted amtrak and some mass transit service in the northeast. and for the latest on what's expected tonight and this weekend, we turn to bernie rayno, a meteorologist with accuweather. so what is the latest on the track of the storm and expected snow amounts? >> well, i will tell you, the worst of this storm we have been pointing out all week is going to be across southern new england. two storms as you mentioned, and the
said the city had marshaled an army of plows and salt trucks. >> the sanitation department will deploy something like 1,700 snowplows and 65 front-end loaders. it also has 450 salt-spreaders already deployed. >> brown: the storm also focused new concern on the new york and new jersey shore areas still recovering from hurricane sandy. they faced the prospect of being flooded again. >> we are trying to batten down the hatches here, if any storms are coming. the last one ruined...
118
118
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
KRCB
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
the airport at a third key city-- kidal. in paris today, the french defense minister said his government is open to having u.n. peacekeepers take over, with french support. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to two stories about conflict in the middle east. as the battle in syria between president bashar al-assad's forces and the free syrian army or f.s.a. rages on, thousands of refugees flood into neighboring countries. jonathan miller of "independent television news" takes us to a secret crossing point on the border with jordan on the outskirts of the syrian city of da'-raa. >> reporter: katiba jaber is a lonely place, exposed to desert winds that chill you to the bone. the border guard is ready for what the night will bring. ( gunfire ) the shooting started shortly after sunset. those are close. the syrians fire at the jordanians every night but the jordanians don't fire back. and bashar's forces shoot and shell the groups of refugees hiding somewhere down there in the dark
the airport at a third key city-- kidal. in paris today, the french defense minister said his government is open to having u.n. peacekeepers take over, with french support. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to two stories about conflict in the middle east. as the battle in syria between president bashar al-assad's forces and the free syrian army or f.s.a. rages on, thousands of refugees flood into neighboring countries. jonathan miller of...